apporter

\a.pɔʁ.te\

/\a.pɔʁ.te\/ verb

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The verdict

“apporter” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,065. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,065
frequency rank, French
6,727
“A” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Porter quelque chose à quelqu’un. — Note d’usage : L’objet du verbe apporter est toujours un inanimé.

Corpus desk

Index FR-apporter · apporter · French

apporter · rank #2,065 · 10 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,065
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,727
  • PHOTO-FINISH arrivent

Nearest frequency peer: arrivent (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « apporter »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « apporter » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

apporter vs apports
75% similar
apporter vs avorter
75% similar
apporter vs apposer
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for apporter
PropertyValue
Headwordapporter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\a.pɔʁ.te\
Letters8
Frequency rank#2,065
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « apporter »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).apporterse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « arrivent » (#2,066), « Allemands » (#2,063), « balle » (#2,067). Parmi 6,727 lemmes en « A », « apporter » est au #2,065. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around apporter (IPA \a.pɔʁ.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #2,065 among 6,727 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for apporter, with forms such as "apoprter", "aporter", and "apporetr". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "apports", "avorter", "apposer", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is apporter, spelled A-P-P-O-R-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Porter quelque chose à quelqu’un. — Note d’usage : L’objet du verbe apporter est toujours un inanimé.
  2. 2
    Fournir soi-même une partie de quelque chose.
  3. 3
    Donner, procurer un conseil. Alléguer, citer.
  4. 4
    Causer, produire.
  5. 5
    Employer, mettre.
  6. 6
    Annoncer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how apporter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Madame Hanson a la gracieuseté de nous apporter des fleurs, la chose la plus précieuse qu'elle puisse nous offrir sous ce triste climat; […].
  2. Le problème des maisons transportables est chose résolue par ici. Huit solides gaillards indigènes nous ont apporté, l'une après l'autre, sur leurs épaules, trois grandes paillotes où nous allons nous loger extérieurement au village.

Synonyms

porteramenerfournirdonnerprocurercauserproduire

Antonyms

emporterretirer

This word in other languages

bring(English)traer(Español)bringen(Deutsch)trazer(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apoprter
  • aporter
  • apporetr
  • apporrter
  • apporterr
  • apportre
  • apportter
  • appotrer
  • approter
  • paporter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of apporter - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

apoprter2aporter1apporetr2apporrter1apporterr1apportre2apportter1appotrer2
Edit distance from "apporter"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "apporter"?
"apporter" is spelled A-P-P-O-R-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \a.pɔʁ.te\.
What does "apporter" mean?
As a verb, "apporter" means: Porter quelque chose à quelqu’un. — Note d’usage : L’objet du verbe apporter est toujours un inanimé.
What words are commonly confused with "apporter"?
"apporter" is commonly confused with "apports", "avorter", "apposer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "apporter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "apporter" is \a.pɔʁ.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "apporter" come from?
"apporter" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "apporter", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

arrivent#2,066véhicule#2,061peinture#2,049espagnol#2,040

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

gratuit10 variantsformule10 variantsemplois10 variantspauvres10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list